Not sure if it's the suit, the Olympic year, or a combo of both - but I do get the impression that the LZR racer is the fastest suit out there. It's not yet available, but I am sure some people will pull some strings and show up with the suit in Austin.
I think we should all agree to ban the suit from Austin and spread the word to everybody. I know it's not binding - but I think we are all "old enough" to work on the honor system.
Any thoughts ?
So, Art, does that mean that you are training in your wool suit? Are you swimming in a pool with no lane lines? That was a silly waste of time; I trained in one with no lane lines. Are you riding a 40 pound road bike? What golf clubs and tennis rackets are you using? If you were really consistent, you (or anyone who complains about the changes in swimming) would use the original equipment for any sport that has ever been invented. No real point in comparing how you are doing in the present state of any sport to the way it was years ago..
I train in the same suit (breif) with the same line lines and other than my goggles being Tyr rather than the old Speedo, not much has changed since I first started swimming competitevly in 1979 at age 11. I'm no Luddite, I like my Ipod, my duo-core PC, my LCD TV and my cell phone. At the same time I'm honest about my motiviation to swim and to compete. If I swim faster because of my training regimen and technique improvements, I feel I have acheived something. If I was to swim faster because I put on a new swim suit, I really haven't acheived anything. Sure the clock says I took less time for me to finish the race than the last time I swam it, but I have achieved nothing.
I am not denigrating the forward movement of technology and how it might improve swimming. I'm not saying ban the suit. If you want to spend the money, go for it. What I am saying is for me, the journey is much more satisfying than the destination.
So, Art, does that mean that you are training in your wool suit? Are you swimming in a pool with no lane lines? That was a silly waste of time; I trained in one with no lane lines. Are you riding a 40 pound road bike? What golf clubs and tennis rackets are you using? If you were really consistent, you (or anyone who complains about the changes in swimming) would use the original equipment for any sport that has ever been invented. No real point in comparing how you are doing in the present state of any sport to the way it was years ago..
I train in the same suit (breif) with the same line lines and other than my goggles being Tyr rather than the old Speedo, not much has changed since I first started swimming competitevly in 1979 at age 11. I'm no Luddite, I like my Ipod, my duo-core PC, my LCD TV and my cell phone. At the same time I'm honest about my motiviation to swim and to compete. If I swim faster because of my training regimen and technique improvements, I feel I have acheived something. If I was to swim faster because I put on a new swim suit, I really haven't acheived anything. Sure the clock says I took less time for me to finish the race than the last time I swam it, but I have achieved nothing.
I am not denigrating the forward movement of technology and how it might improve swimming. I'm not saying ban the suit. If you want to spend the money, go for it. What I am saying is for me, the journey is much more satisfying than the destination.
